Academics who have lived under threat from Basque separatist group Eta have grown cautiously optimistic since the announcement of a ceasefire in March, writes Rebecca Warden in Barcelona. They hope...
Germany has Europe's lowest proportion of university-educated qualified professionals in science and engineering in the 25-34 age group, according to Eurostat, the European Union statistical agency....
Australian institutions are downsizing as enrolments slide, writes Geoff Maslen Hundreds of academics have lost their jobs teaching information technology courses at Australia's universities after a...
The national pay deal is a small step, but Sally Hunt pledges to keep seeking more respect for academic staff Contrary to reports in last week's Times Higher , the decision to ballot union members on...
LAURIE PYCROFT: THE MAKING OF A TEENAGE PROTESTER Channel 4 Sixteen-year-old Laurie Pycroft initiated Pro-Test, a movement to defend Oxford University's new animal laboratories against animal-rights...
Hard times at All Souls: it was bad enough for the Oxford University college having to turn down a bequest rather than move its Christopher Wren sundial, but worse was to come. Someone has been at...
So much for delays for finalists this year. Peep's understands that students can discover their degree results ahead of time by looking on Birmingham University's intranet. A somewhat fraught e-mail...
Edinburgh University has devised a cunning plan to ensure record attendance at its general council meeting - relocate to Paris. Staff and students will mull over the last meeting's minutes at the...
Peep's is appalled to hear that the Minister for Higher Education and the vice-chancellor of Leeds University were forced to jostle among thousands of sweaty students last week. Rather than being...
We ask what inspires you about academe, where some disciplines even get a shot at changing the world, one student at a time "Academic life is very special. There are few careers where your only...
Israeli scholars have either collaborated in the occupation or turned a blind eye. They deserve a boycott, argues Lisa Taraki Although Menahem Milson's career path and mine have been on a collision...
The constantly harried Kevin Fong gets to grips with a very modern affliction This week, I started a new job, worked 60 hours in an intensive care unit, chaired a few sessions at a conference on...
If you are asked to provide a job reference for a student, make sure your facts are correct, avoid generalisations and discriminatory statements, and mind your p's and q's, as Harriet Swain outlines...
Name : Linda Amrane-Cooper Age : Almost 42 Job : Head of initial professional studies, a department within the faculty of education at Anglia Ruskin University. We train new teachers and provide...
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I am a senior academic in a new university. I plan to go part time from this September...